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Ping Pong Playa

Play trailer Poster for Ping Pong Playa PG-13,  2008,  1h 36m,  Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 64% 33 Reviews Tomatometer 52% 5,000+ Ratings Popcornmeter
64% Tomatometer 33 Reviews 52% Popcornmeter 5,000+ Ratings
A slacker must preserve his family's honor by winning a table tennis tournament.

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Critics Consensus

A gentle, light, kid friendly comedy about a Chinese-American hoopster turned ping pong pro, Playa is a charming but considerable digression from director Jessica Yu's previous works.

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Leo Goldsmith IndieWire Aug 8, 2009
Mostly a little shrewder about stereotypes than your typical slacker comedy, deriving its edge from Yu and Tsai's mining of the cultural specificity of Asian-America for laughs Go to Full Review
Michael Esposito Chicago Tribune Oct 18, 2008
3/4
Charming despite requisite training sequences and a cartoonishly evil opponent. Go to Full Review
Ted Fry Seattle Times Sep 12, 2008
3/4
Ping Pong Playa falters on formula only occasionally, but otherwise remains a consistently agreeable romp that strikes just the right chord of ironic sentimentally. Go to Full Review
Peter Canavese Groucho Reviews Feb 15, 2009
2/4
One way to break down cultural walls is assimilation, and that's where Ping Pong Playa has its dubious triumph: it's just about as generic as the next 'loser makes good by coaching kids' comedy...[Blu-ray] Go to Full Review
David Cornelius DVDTalk.com Jan 16, 2009
2/5
An endless stream of near-misses. Go to Full Review
Andy Klein Los Angeles CityBeat Nov 12, 2008
Ace documentarian Jessica Yu's fictional feature debut ... is mostly funny and often cute, but it suffers a bit in comparison to the very similar Foot Fist Way ... Go to Full Review
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Rey W Feb 18, 2017 Silly movie that is actually hilarious and even heartwarming at times. Grade:B+
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Jessica Yu

Director

Jimmy Tsai

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Andrew Yo

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Khary Payton

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Jessica Yu

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Jimmy Tsai

Screenwriter

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Movie Info

Synopsis A slacker must preserve his family's honor by winning a table tennis tournament.
Director
Jessica Yu
Producer
Joan Huang, Anne Clements
Screenwriter
Jessica Yu, Jimmy Tsai
Distributor
IFC Films
Production Co
Cherry Sky Films
Rating
PG-13 (Drug References|Some Sexual Remarks|Language)
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 5, 2008, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 5, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$77.8K
Runtime
1h 36m
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